The American Queen docks in Tunica, Mississippi, May 28, 2023, for a final stop before docking in Memphis on Memorial Day. Credit: Keely Brewer Paywall-free, every single day.

American Queen Voyages retired the smallest of its three Mississippi River boats in late 2022. Then, last year, it scrapped its trips on the Great Lakes and sold the boats that ran those tours.

There will be a noticeable difference in riverboat visitors on the Mississippi River this summer. American Queen Voyages, a popular riverboat cruise company has shut down indefinitely. The company ...

NEW ORLEANS — There's a new royal of riverboats on the Mississippi. The company that operates the much-beloved American Queen on Monday officially welcomed a second vessel to the river, American ...

In 2022, Viking River Cruises shipped its luxury European brand to America with the new, state-of-the-art, 386-passenger Viking Mississippi. But two U.S. competitors — American Queen Voyages and ...

The American Queen docks in Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 26, 2023, about halfway through its journey from New Orleans to Memphis. (Photo by Keely Brewer, Daily Memphian) Keely Brewer, Daily Memphian ...

The Ohio River doesn’t offer some of the glitziest ports of call, but Bierdz said American Queen Steamboat Company is planning to expand sailings on the river in 2022, reflecting increased ...

The American Queen steamboat is docked in Memphis, unable to paddle on down the Mississippi River because of low water.A trip that began Aug. 3 at Louisville, Ky., was cut short well before the ...

If Cornel Martin and his team of riverboat enthusiasts have their way, the Delta Queen will soon leave retirement and return to a life of cruising Midwestern waterways. All that ...

The American Queen docks in Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 26, 2023, about halfway through its journey from New Orleans to Memphis. (Photo by Keely Brewer, Daily Memphian) Keely Brewer, Daily Memphian ...

(The only other Mississippi cruise ship with a pool is the original American Queen.) If river levels remain a concern this fall, we’d recommend booking for next summer — or staying north of St ...